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Chausson Le Roi Arthus

Poor Chausson, he sketched ideas for at least ten operas, but Le roi Arthus was the only one he achieved...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 3/1999

Lighten our Darkness

Subtitled “Music for the Close of Day”, this is a generous anthology of “choral classics” conducive to calm and meditation....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2006

Mahler Symphony No 4

This is an outstandingly idiomatic and well played reading of Mahler's Fourth Symphony. It merits comparison with classic pre-digital LP...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1984

Hans Hotter

In January, Hans Hotter celebrated his 94th birthday. Just 30 years before, Hotter returned to London to give what was...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2003

Vivaldi Choral Works & Concertos

Once having recovered from the shock of hearing the jubilant opening chorus of Vivaldi’s celebrated setting of the Gloria, sung...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1998

Mozart Bastien und Bastienne; 2 Lieder

Mozart wrote Bastien und Bastienne when he was 12; it was his second opera, for he already had behind him...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1987

Music of Charles Wuorinen

Having been rather dismissive of one relatively recent work by Charles Wuorinen—the Concerto for amplified cello and orchestra (Koch International,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/1995

Schumann: Lieder

Here we have an intelligently planned recital, entirely devoted to Schumann's settings of Heine. Its execution leaves little to be...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1986

Schumann Carnaval; Etudes symphoniques

Grandly and justly celebrated in the modern and contemporary field, Pierre Laurent-Aimard now turns to two of Schumann's best-loved masterpieces....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2006

Samson François - Recital

DVDs can acquaint a pianist ‘with strange bed-fellows’, to paraphrase The Tempest. For while it is moving and fascinating to...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2004

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